Senior Instrumentation Engineer - NASA

$100,000 - $130,000/Yr

American Systems Corporation - Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Full-time - Senior

Edwards Air Force Base, CA

51-100 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Instrumentation Engineer at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center will leverage engineering principles and systems engineering processes to design and build advanced instrumentation systems. This role involves collaboration with a skilled team to transform concepts into reality while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards. The position is part of a pipeline requisition aimed at collecting resumes for potential future openings.

Responsibilities

• Generate and lead the execution of requirements to fully design, test, and support flight instrumentation systems on current and future research projects.
• Develop aircraft instrumentation systems for NASA research vehicles.
• Have knowledge in instrumentation sensor applications such as strain gauges, accelerometers, pressure transducers, thermocouples, RTDs, and pitot-static systems.
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems (i.e. Teletronics).
• Read and understand electrical schematics.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD or equivalent for creating, modifying, or updating electrical drawings.
• Support the use of the TTC data processing systems in the checkout of instrumentation and ground test efforts.
• Coordinate with mission control room personnel in the development and design of displays, data cycle maps, calibration files, and run files.
• Lead system or subsystem teams in all aspects of design and implementation, including design reviews, safety analysis, and documentation development and approval.
• Analyze project objectives and requirements, develop plans for conducting projects, and provide support for the project safety review process.
• Participate in the development of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, documentation of hazards, and specification and implementation of mitigations to those hazards.
• Review project instructions to ascertain requirements, specifications, procedures, objectives, equipment, nature of technical problems, and possible solutions.
• Set up and conduct tests or studies of complete systems, components, or concepts under research test conditions to investigate proposals for improving performance or other factors.
• Record test or report procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and make recommendations for changes.
• Create reports and other documentation necessary to describe the results of studies and/or tests.
• Analyze indicated and calculated results in relation to requirements, specifications, or test objectives.
• Mentor engineers in specific technical areas and/or the system engineering process and project management principles.
• Perform work in accordance with NASA ISO AS9100 procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Follow safe practices and rules contained in the Safety and Health plan and other communicated rules and practices on the job.
• Report status to Senior Technical Lead and/or Task Focal Point in standardized format on or before due date.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Physical Science with at least 7 years of experience OR a Master's or PhD degree in Engineering or Physical Science with 4 years of experience.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Must be able to secure and maintain a security clearance.
• Must pass drug testing.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and multi-task work environment by prioritizing work and coordinating task/project schedules.
• Ability to manage and decompose requirements in specific technical areas.
• Experience in telemetry data systems, data processing, data storage systems, or system test and validation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Healthcare benefits
• Paid leave
• Retirement plans
• Insurance programs
• Education and training assistance